Word: marketing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...leave this sort of historic memory to Philadelphia, at which they jeer; to Boston, which they pity; Or to Atlanta, a place near Miami, and where the Civil War was fought. New York is hypnotized by the present-which, after all, is equipped with television and a big bull market for men, foam-rubber breasts for women, and propeller-bearing caps (Macy's: 46?) for the young...
Notable among the allegorical figures was "Gloom," garbed in long black veil and sweeping Gay Nineties feathers, who delivered dire predictions ("Slump and boom, slump and boom, is the rhythm of your doom"). There was also "Black Market" in a Piccadilly zoot suit; he offered his wares "out o' patriotism so as ter keep the owld country goin'," Central character was "Fear" (entwined from head to toe by a prop serpent), who declaimed: "Of all lands, my favorite and pet is England, blitzed and starving and in debt...
...results were released last week in a 75-page booklet, The Market for United Kingdom Consumer Goods in the United States...
There is severe inflation in Japan, and a black market. Communist troublemaking in the unions forced MacArthur to squelch a general strike, later a communications strike. There is not enough shipping, and no visible way of getting large-scale shipbuilding started...
...when buying new ones (dealers usually sell the trade-ins at far more than they allow the customers). Dealers' discounts are fat enough, said Coyle, without the extra trade-in profit. Said he: "If [the dealer] is assured that the new car will not pass into the black market, he should permit the customer to sell his own used car if he wishes...